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by kyro 13y ago
It's not.
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by kyro 13y ago
I am thoroughly convinced that Yahoo! is purposefully putting out 30 crappy logos so that the stunning one they've spent considerable time and money on and that they're releasing tomorrow will just seem that much better.
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by kyro 13y ago
If you want to do something big, go to college and major in a non-CS subject. People are realizing social/apps has been so overdone and that there are more interesting and profitable ideas to work on -- ideas that require domain expert
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by kyro 13y ago
Me too. Let's get one started.
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by kyro 13y ago
Well, Alexis Ohanian (a YC partner) lives here in Brooklyn. Maybe we can plead and twist his arm to help us put something similar together here? I'm not really impressed with the meetups we have here in NYC. NYTM (arguably the largest
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by kyro 13y ago
It's likely because the landscape is not what it was years ago when design mattered less and people shied away from pursuing hardware startups. Design today is becoming as essential a competitive advantage as tech, and we're seein
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by kyro 13y ago
Conveniently missing from that list are those with strong accents [0]. Anyway, thanks for hosting these. Really loved the first one I went to years ago. The atmosphere is awesome. Really energetic and inspiring. I encourage everyone to appl
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by kyro 13y ago
You're a fool if you think Kit Kat isn't also conspiring with the NSA.
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by kyro 13y ago
The simplest way to vet that explanation was to simply click on my profile and see that I've been here for years with a karma count that certainly doesn't trip any shill account alarms.
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by kyro 13y ago
It's a commentary on the fragmented nature of the Google mobile experience.
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by kyro 13y ago
It's more than that. Microsoft is acquiring the Lumia brand. This gives them the ability to bundle both hardware and software to create one simple, cohesive experience. They will no longer be pushing the Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone
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by kyro 13y ago
The Nexus line is in no way establishing a cohesive Google experience. Most opt for Samsung or HTC. Regarding the Surface: you're right, it flopped. Difference here is that Microsoft is bringing in the talent, experience, and quality p
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by kyro 13y ago
Agreed re: Samsung. With this new acquisition, Microsoft now has the ability to control the entire mobile phone experience -- something Apple has had huge success doing for years now. They'll have a high-quality platform to promote the
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by kyro 13y ago
Great move by Microsoft. This is an acquisition that arguably puts Microsoft mobile capabilities above that of Google's, and closest to Apple's. They're getting industry veterans with great design talent. They're getting
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by kyro 13y ago
> Ok, so let’s take this iteration of what he is supposed to be saying. “If you have an accent that is so strong that very few people understand you and nobody feels like listening to you then it is bad”. That is very anti-climactic, def
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by kyro 13y ago
Let's stop being intellectually dishonest for a second and look at what PG actually said. He said accents are an issue 1) in the context of startups when 2) it hinders communication. He is looking at it from his point of view of what r
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by kyro 13y ago
WFTPD
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by kyro 13y ago
I don't think we're going to see a cultural shift away from smartphones anytime soon because we use them to fulfill almost all of the core human drives, within a matter of seconds and with little to no effort. We use our phones to
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by kyro 13y ago
Maybe I can offer a viewpoint that'll really drive this message home. I work at a hospital full of the most brilliant foreign doctors, but many of them have accents too, too thick to accurately relay and discuss very complex and critic
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by kyro 13y ago
Front-end design in what respect? Visual, ui/ux, or HTML/CSS?
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Ask PG: Please fix flagging.
13 points by kyro 13y ago|6 comments
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by kyro 13y ago
This is great. I've ordered many bouquets and it's always been somewhat stressful. I used to be in a long distance relationship, and so ordering a bouquet online required finding 1) reputable florists that could 2) deliver on time
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by kyro 13y ago
I'm super-impressed and really happy to see this recent batch of YC companies tackling some very underserved and unsexy problems. While Amulyte is not a new idea, I do think their product is a much-needed improvement on what's exi
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by kyro 13y ago
This sounds more like carelessness if anything. I've head the Fitbit Classic for about 2 years now and it's still going strong. I shower and swim with my Flex and it's still working too.
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by kyro 13y ago
People are wondering why they'd need to raise so much at this point, so I'll throw in my guess: The consumer health wearables market is one that exploded recently, but is now at a standstill. We have several companies (Jawbone, Ni
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by kyro 13y ago
Haha, that is brilliant!
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by kyro 13y ago
I would actually spend the money to buy Thinking with Type , if you're really serious about learning typography. Having the tree version lets you get really up close and personal with the various types, and it's easy to flip betw
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by kyro 13y ago
I've been yelling at them since the beginning to figure things out on their own! I'd give in occasionally to help them out. Maybe it's that staggered reward effect.
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by kyro 13y ago
Is there some sort of bat signal we can use to get grellas to this thread?
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by kyro 13y ago
Bought Few's book. Information design is something I'm really interested in, yet I haven't found too many resources on it, other than Tufte's books (obviously) and a couple others. One of my favorites is Information Gra

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